Climate Change? Nahhh ...

FWIW, the goal of going to zero net carbon emissions is to limit limit temperature rise to 2.7F.

How would an increase in average temperature impact Colorado?

As a rule of the thumb temperature decreases by one degree F for every every increase of 280 feet in altitude. So if you hike up mountain through the various microclimates what you now see at 8,000 feet you will see at 8,800 feet with a 2.7F increase in average temperature.

Again, as a rule of the thumb, temperature decreases by every one hundred miles you move north. So if temperature increases by2.7F then Denver will have average temperatures roughly of Albuquerque (which is about the same altitude as Denver).

 

www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119331502/dinosaur-tracks-texas-drought

 

"... now [the] evidence of their living animals was exposed because of human-made climate change today."

Oh dear.

 

oof

Dinosaur tracks revealed in Texas as severe drought dries up river

Several states across the US are dealing with extreme drought, an escalating consequence of climate change.

Dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago uncovered due to severe drought conditions at Dinosaur Valley State Park - CNN

This summer's excessive drought has caused a river in the park to dry out completely in most spots, revealing the tracks -- the latest long-hidden secret recently exposed as bodies of water have dried up due to drought conditions across the globe.

More than 60% of Texas was experiencing drought last week in two of the most intense categories, according to the US Drought Monitor. The state also recently has experienced heat waves that pushed temperatures into the triple digits, leaving millions under excessive heat alerts.

The human-caused climate crisis, too, has increased the potential for more frequent dramatic swings in periods of drought and high precipitation, such as flash flooding this week in the Dallas area.

https://wired.me/science/severe-drought-unveils-ancient-dinosaur-footprints/

In north-west Texas, multiple dinosaur tracks belonging to the Acrocanthosaurus species were discovered at Dinosaur Valley State Park as a result of droughts that have caused a river to completely dry up. It’s not everyday climate change breeds good news, but here we are.

 

The authors of those pieces should all be made to take my research methods seminar (to be offered never again).

 

References to "climate linked" disasters and "not-so-natural disasters" now abound.

 

Damn.

I was gonna sign up for that Spring of '26. If my pre-forgiven student loans came through.

 

It's a religion™

What the Colorado River Water Shortage Means for the U.S. — ProPublica

 

If this is the future, it might save us.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/26/nuclear-fusion-technology-climate-change/

 

Gov. Reeves issues state of emergency ahead of second historic flood in 2 years

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/ex...FDM5R43MG4I/?c_id=2&objectid=12547944&ref=rss

China is a literal hot mess right now.